Malaysian Tamilan Today secretary K Gunasekaran (left) said it was pointless to depend on MIC to champion the issue as its leaders "lacked courage.""Even Deputy Education Minister (and MIC leader) P Kamalanathan said he has no power in this matter.
“This means his ministry’s officers don't listen to him, he is just a puppet," he added.
On the other hand, Gunasekaran said he respected MCA Youth chief Wee Ka Siong and Wanita vice-chairperson Heng Seai Kie for being outspoken on this issue.
"MCA has been championing this issue for us all the while," he added.
Gunasekaran said he was upset when Kamalanathan claimed that this was a “small problem”.
“Just because you (Kamalanathan) can’t handle (this case), you say (it is a ) small issue. If you think you are not capable, you should step down,” he lamented.
He said this during a press conference before meeting Selangor Education Department director Mahmud Karim in Shah Alam today.
After a 40-minute-long closed-door meeting, Gunasekaran said the meeting was fiery in the beginning as Mahmud was at first being defensive by saying that he only wanted to meet the parents, not an NGO.
“Mahmud advised the parents not to transfer their children before the Education Department solves the problem,” he said, adding that Mahmud would meet the parents, teachers and the headmaster Mohd Nasir Mohd Noor.
Gunasekaran had also questioned why Mahmud only took an effort to handle this issue at this moment.
Meanwhile, Mahmud refused to talk to the press when met at the state Education Department building.
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